How to bring chickens in incubator

How to bring chickens in incubator

Chickens it is possible not only to buy on poultry farm, but also to remove in house conditions, using electric incubator. On sale incubators on any number of eggs with automatic operating mode are provided. Necessary temperature and air humidity is constantly maintained in the camera. But at removal of chickens it is necessary to follow some rules.

It is required to you

  • - incubator;
  • - ultra-violet lamp;
  • - egg tester.

Instruction

1. To bring chickens in incubator, prepare fresh eggs. Storage life of eggs for bookmark should not exceed 10 days. You store eggs in the dark cool place, the sharp end down. If egg dirty, it is not suitable for incubation as it is impossible to wash it.

2. Before laying of eggs check them on the egg tester. It is possible to put only oosperms with one yolk of the correct form, inside there has to be air chamber. The protein which has stuck to shell is not suitable for incubation as egg has been shaken and the chicken will not arise even if it impregnated. Disinfect trays with eggs by means of the ultra-violet lamp.

3. Turn on the thermostat on temperature of 37.5 degrees and humidity of 60%. Pour water into the lower tray. Establish trays with eggs only when the device shows the specified temperature and humidity. In the period of incubation systematically check tray for availability of water. If it has evaporated below optimum mark, add boiled warm water with temperature of 45 degrees.

4. In the morning and overturn in the evening eggs that it was convenient sign sharp and blunt end or always overturn in the morning down the sharp end, in the evening – stupid. For the 18th day invert eggs last time, check on the egg tester and leave the sharp end before removal of chickens down.

5. From the first to the fifteenth day maintain temperature of 37.5 degrees and air humidity not less than 60%, from 16 in the afternoon reduce temperature to 37.4 degrees and increase humidity to 70%. The entire period of incubation you approach incubator each 4 hours and check operating mode. If the mode gets off more than for 4 hours, chickens will not be brought.

6. For the 7th day see eggs on the egg tester - if the chicken has not arisen, remove egg. Also arrive for the 18th day - see and remove all eggs in which chickens have ceased to develop, that is have stood.

7. For 21 days the chickens will begin to arise. In 6 hours all chickens have to hatch if eggs have been put at the same time.

8. Give to chickens time that they have dried in incubator. As soon as they become fluffy, transfer all livestock to day nursery. Maintain temperature of 32 degrees in day nursery the first 7 days and 30 degrees - the following of 7 days, then every week reduce temperature by 2 degrees.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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